10/02/07

Michael & Kelli Pallett

(519) 942-3738

Orangeville, Ontario

We (Kelli and Michael) are parents of our four year old
son, Jordyn. Shortly after his
second birthday Jordyn was diagnosed on the Autistic Spectrum.
Jordyn is a happy, loving energetic boy who is challenged when
expressing himself verbally.

Kelli and I were married on October 4th, 2002.
Jordyn was born on June 1, 2003. When we realized at about 18
months that Jordyn's speech was not developing normally, and saw
examples of him withdrawing, avoiding eye contact, and engaging in
repetitive behaviors, we turned to the medical community for help.
After Jordyn's diagnosis we thought we were doing as well as we could
because we recognized that something was going on early. However,
really all we succeeded in doing was getting his name on waiting lists
(for which he is still waiting).

We realized that we needed to go outside of the
established medical community if we were not going to be content with
merely waiting. Realizing that autism is impacting families in
Ontario (and the world) at epidemic rates, we understood that we were
not alone as parents grappling with it - now what do we do.

We are creating Parents Listen Speaker Series as an
opportunity for Parent to share with each other what works now, and is
available now, without waiting. Please click
here for more
information about Parents Listen.

Michael, in addition to being a dad, is the Director of
Engineering for Telecor, a Toronto based communications company.
He has been with Telecor his whole adult life (24 years - I am 43).

Kelli, in addition to being a mom, is a senior Course
Supervisor for Landmark Education, a leading global transformational
education company. She works with people to transform their lives
inside of their relationship to their past, and their future, their
ability to communicate effectively, and their ability to relate
effectively with others.